Hi all just been reading ....

[jadedhills]

Hi all i have just been reading the "One Straw Revolution" a no plow method of growing using No herbicides and no fertilisers, and he gets the same crop weight as modern methods that is ruining the land by destroying the soil fauna and flora, no poisons applied to the land natural crop pest management, and using older varieties of seed that manage to produce more than modern "better seed varieties", a fascinating read that is proven to work over 20 years of application massively improves soil quality, the guy is a genius, i reccomend it to anyone that is concerned about putting poisons and chemicals on their land, which affect health and nutrition, weed suppresion is managed by using clover as a crop cover and a living manure fixing nutrients back to the soil, so get yourself a copy and give it a read, happy xmas all have a great time with your families.

 

[Bury the Trash]

If you can take the trouble to write all that , you couldve taken the trouble to write Christmas instead of xmas.

 

[ollie989898]

I just wish I was so unscrupulous I could write a book that made weighty claims woth only anecdotal evidence to support them.

 

[Goweresque]

I know its been raining a lot, but I'm not sure the UK is quite ready for rice farming yet...................

 

[Kiwi Pete]

Hi all i have just been reading the "One Straw Revolution" a no plow method of growing using No herbicides and no fertilisers, and he gets the same crop weight as modern methods that is ruining the land by destroying the soil fauna and flora, no poisons applied to the land natural crop pest management, and using older varieties of seed that manage to produce more than modern "better seed varieties", a fascinating read that is proven to work over 20 years of application massively improves soil quality, the guy is a genius, i reccomend it to anyone that is concerned about putting poisons and chemicals on their land, which affect health and nutrition, weed suppresion is managed by using clover as a crop cover and a living manure fixing nutrients back to the soil, so get yourself a copy and give it a read, happy xmas all have a great time with your families.

Welcome along to the funny farm

It never stopped working, that's the thing - but it's very difficult to market doing nothing, buying nothing to folks that have grown up with a massive chip on their shoulder about "losing control".

Fear is the driver, along with distorted values of both farm inputs and outputs, the folk with the biggest bills coming in have much greater pressure to sell more out the gate.
I think to truly "get" low input farming you need to be in touch with your child-like state - where most things were possible, before your parents instilled fear and caution into your psyche and ruined your life, possibly the same way their lives were ruined by their own parent's insecurities?

Thus there's a rapid divergence in agriculture today, on one side you have people too frightened of what could happen to stop killing stuff, and on the other hand you have folk who realise that if they don't meddle with everything all the time, then the planet is perfectly capable of feeding itself.
"Follow the money" and you'll soon see that project fear is designed to remove most of the wealth from rural areas, to sell it back (with interest).
Also, you'll note that these guys will boldly promote just how much "farming benefits the environment" while working out what to kill next.. it's very sad

 

[Farmer Roy]

Don’t mention a “book”

I’m still recovering from the reactions & comments to the last one

 

[averageguy54]

Must be an awesome book, he felt the need to post his comment twice.

 

[Kiwi Pete]

Don’t mention a “book”

I’m still recovering from the reactions & comments to the last one

I'm getting "that book" for Christmas

Who knows where I'll be by January, probably bankrupt
My wife is the culprit, because I'm too tight to buy regen ag books she's buying them for me

 

[Farmer Roy]

I'm getting "that book" for Christmas

Who knows where I'll be by January, probably bankrupt
My wife is the culprit, because I'm too tight to buy regen ag books she's buying them for me

One Straw Revolution is definitely on my list as well, just haven’t gotten around to buying it yet . . .
Has been highly recommended by a number of people I respect

 

[jadedhills]

Must be an awesome book, he felt the need to post his comment twice.

I have a stuttering mouse that often does that, i try and remove them, but do not always catch it, sorry for the double post kindly yours Peter

 

[jadedhills]

If you can take the trouble to write all that , you couldve taken the trouble to write Christmas instead of xmas.

Christmas, ok ok i get it, bless you have a good one

 

[Brisel]

It has been around since 1978. Hardly new!

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Now I know it’s tiny on my iPhone screen and that I really ought to wear my glasses more often, but at first glance I could have sworn that surname was pronounced f**kyouover

 

[SilliamWhale]

I've read it and got a lot out of it however....

I did seem to remember reading something about his family not wanting to follow his methods etc. Never got to the bottom of why.